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Manual Testing Tools for Windows 8 Metro Style Applications

September 21, 2011 Sep 21, 2011 09/21/11
Abhishek Agrawai
Windows 8 introduces metro style apps that can be built using Visual Studio 11 tools.  Along with development tools, Visual Studio 11 family also includes rich testing tools for the metro style apps. After building a Metro Style Application using Visual Studio, you can now install this application on a Windows 8 Device and start manual ...

Coded UI testing with Multiple UI Maps 09/21/2011 MN VS User Group

September 21, 2011 Sep 21, 2011 09/21/11
Charles Sterling
 (image) Tim Star one of our ALM MVPs will be presenting at MN Visual Studio User Group on Coded UI testing with Multiple UI MapsPresentation Description:This presentation will be very demo heavy as we walk through how to create a coded UI test with Multiple UI maps.  We will touch on some of the simpler techniques, but will be ...

What’s New in the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 11 Developer Preview

September 20, 2011 Sep 20, 2011 09/20/11
Kathryn Elliott
This post provides an overview of most (but I don't promise ALL!) of the new tools, features, and enhancements available in the Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 11 Developer Preview: For a tutorial that illustrates several of these new features by following a fictitious team as they incrementally adopt Visual Studio as its ...

Getting Feedback on Working Software with Visual Studio 11

September 20, 2011 Sep 20, 2011 09/20/11
Abhishek Agrawai
How often have you built the software that your users asked for, but not necessarily what they wanted? One of the determining factors between success and failure of software projects is getting the right feedback, at the right time, from the right individuals. In Microsoft Visual Studio 11, we have enabled feedback deeply throughout the ...

Learning about the Visual Studio ALM Rangers and how they embrace products announced at //BUILD/

September 16, 2011 Sep 16, 2011 09/16/11
Willy-P. Schaub
You have all seen the exciting announcements being made at //BUILD/, presenting Visual Studio 11, Team Foundation Server 11, Windows 8 and a new era of targeting platforms across devices, services and the cloud. Visual Studio 11 Readiness The Visual Studio ALM Rangers have been working on their latest conspiracy for a while and now that the ...

Modifying an IntelliTrace Collection Plan for the Stand-Alone Collector

September 15, 2011 Sep 15, 2011 09/15/11
Patrick-MSFT
With the release of the CTP of Visual Studio vNext we are including the ability to collect IntelliTrace logs from web applications running in IIS 7.0 and 7.5 without requiring Visual Studio installed on the web server. Several demos exist of the stand-alone Intellitrace data collector including one by Cameron Skinner and Brian Keller at ...

Installing the Advanced Configuration of TFS 11 from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim

September 15, 2011 Sep 15, 2011 09/15/11
Tim Elhajj
I am posting walkthroughs of the the various TFS install wizards for the upcoming version of TFS previewed at the BUILD Conference in Anaheim this week. Installation of TFS 11 is very similar to installation of TFS 2010. You can use the install guide for TFS 2010 to review the current guidelines for install. And you can find the late breaking ...

Installing the Standard Configuration of TFS 11 from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim

September 14, 2011 Sep 14, 2011 09/14/11
Tim Elhajj
I wanted to do a few posts on how to run through the various TFS install wizards of TFS 11 released at the BUILD Conference in Anaheim this week. Installation of TFS 11 is very similar to installation of TFS 2010. You can use the install guide for TFS 2010 to review the current guidelines for install. And you can find the late breaking ...

Installing the Basic Configuration of TFS 11 from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim

September 14, 2011 Sep 14, 2011 09/14/11
Tim Elhajj
I wanted to do a few posts on how to run through the various TFS install wizards of TFS 11 recently released from the BUILD Conference in Anaheim this week. Installation of TFS 11 is very similar to installation of TFS 2010. I’m only going to call out the changes. If I don’t call something out in this post, it most likely means it hasn’t...